- Council Rock High School South
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Council Rock High School South 
Address 2002 Rock Way
Holland, PA 18966Information Type Public Established 2002 School district Council Rock School District Principal Albert R. Funk Grades 9-12 Number of students 2094 Color(s) Navy, white, gold Rival Council Rock North Yearbook 'The Talon' Website CR High School South Council Rock High School South is a high school located in Holland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Council Rock School District.
The school was built in 2002 in order to curb the overpopulation at what was then Council Rock High School. Since then, the old high school location has been renamed Council Rock High School North. Serving grades 9-12, South is currently a home to over 2000 students.
Philadelphia Magazine has honored Council Rock High School South as one of the 20 best high schools in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.[citation needed]
The school colors are blue, white, and gold, and the sports teams are known as The Golden Hawks.
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Varsity sports
Wrestling
Lead by head coach Brad Silimperi, South's wrestling program has been one of the best in the state for the past decade. In 2005, in only the third year of existence the wrestling team captured a PIAA State team title. They followed up with two 4th place finishes at the PIAA state tournament in 2008 and 2011. As of 2011, in only 9 years Silimperi has crowned 7 individual state champions, 18 Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional champions, 32 District 1 champions, and 42 Section 1 champions. Council Rock South also captured back to back to back S.E. PA regional team titles ('08-'10), six Section 1 team titles ('05,'06,'07,'08,'10,'11) as well as five straight district titles ('07-'11). They have won the SOL league title 7 times in 9 years. Trap McCormack, a 3 time Pennsylvania state champion is the Head Assistant. McCormack was awarded with the 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year award from "Wrestling USA" Magazine. He is only the third Pennsylvanian to earn the honor. Silimperi also is a former PIAA state champion. Both Silimperi and McCormack were Division 1 wrestlers at Lock Haven University.
AA Hockey
On March 21, 2011, The Golden Hawks Hockey team won the AA Flyers Cup Championship game by a score of 5-2 over C.B. East. This was the 3rd straight year that they have made it to the AA Flyers Cup Final[1] .
Cheerleading
On February 1, 2009, CR South's Varsity Competition Cheerleading Squad competed at the American National Championships in Baltimore, Maryland. The squad placed first in the Large Varsity division.[2]
Performing arts
Golden Wings Theatre Company
The drama department of South is known as Golden Wings Theatre Company. Director: Lori Steele Naglak; Assistant Director: Teri Dougherty; Technical Director: Fred Bauer.[3] They are a part of the International Thespian Society as Thespian Troupe 6463.
Golden Wings is a student run organization with anywhere from 40 to 100 cast and crew members for any given show.[4] The club usually produces two musicals and one play during each school year. Their 2009-2010 show line-up was Zombie Prom, Anything Goes, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.[5] This was the first time Golden Wings performed a piece by Shakespeare.
In 2008, they were the first high school in the world to perform Frankenstein - A New Musical, the musical adaption of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.[6] On opening night, two of the three writers of the show were in the audience. Following the performance, they went backstage to congratulate the director, cast, and crew, saying that it was the best high school show they had ever seen and that it far exceeded their expectations.[7]
In past years, many students from Golden Wings have competed in the Pennsylvania State Theatre Conference and have qualified to compete at the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska; in 2008, all seven students who competed at the state level qualified to move on to Thespian Festival, and one senior won a Technical Theatre Scholarship from the PA Chapter of the International Thespian Society at the State Conference. In 2009, two seniors won scholarships from the State Conference - one for Technical Theatre and one for Theatre Performance. For the second time since Golden Wings joined the International Thespian Society, Troupe 6463 has been invited to perform a 2-hour musical at the 2010 State Conference.[8]
Music Programs
Council Rock High School South has several music groups, including a Marching Band, a Symphony Orchestra, and a Symphonic Choir, as well as several smaller groups like the Jazz Band and the South Vocal Ensemble.
Marching Band
On January 11, 2011, the Council Rock High School South Marching Band announced their planned trip to San Diego, California over the 2011-2012 winter break. Here, they will perform as part of the Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl Massed Band Halftime Show. They will also perform in the Big Bay Balloon Parade, compete in a marching band competition, and parade down main street in Disneyland.
Orchestra
The Council Rock South Orchestra has already performed for over 60 festival, school, neighborhood and overseas concerts.Two of our highlights were performance tours of Scotland and Italy. The Orchestra traveled to Italy in 2007 and performed 4 concerts in Rome, Siena, and Padova and performed with the Orchestre Giovanile del Veneto as part of the Gala Concert in the 17th Annual International Music Meeting. In May 2003, conductor Christopher Simon led his orchestra on a tour of Scotland with his colleague Rick Bogle and the Council Rock High School North Symphony Orchestra, performing in notable halls in Elgin and Edinburgh.
In 2009, the Orchestra was honored to perform in a "Side-By-Side rehearsal" with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center. The combined group was led by Rossen Milanov and played Light Cavalry Overture, "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations, and Russian Easter Overture. In 2007, the Orchestra performed in another "Side-By-Side" concert with the Delaware Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, where they performed the opera overture La Gazza Ladra.
The orchestra’s success in Scotland led to performances at the new United States Constitution Center and at various adjudication festivals where they have consistently earned superior ratings. Since 2004, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Trenton Symphony Orchestra, Ocean City Pops, and Temple University faculty have given master sectionals four or five times each year in an effort to raise the level of play to new heights. In April 2005, the orchestra traveled to Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to work with members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Comments by the Baltimore Symphony's members echoed the praises by numerous other professional musicians that Council Rock High School South is unique in its ability to draw so much talent into one school. Later that month, the Orchestra hosted Its First Annual Orchestra Festival. The unique festival featured six high school full orchestras from Eastern Pennsylvania that were adjudicated by a panel of three professional orchestra conductors. Due to its success, Council Rock South hosts the festival every year and will hold the 7th annual festival on May 6, 2011[9].
On March 1, 2010, the Orchestra announced its upcoming trip to France during Spring Break 2011, visiting such locations as Paris, Monte Carlo, and Nice. At the time of announcement, the trip included performances at La Salle Gaveau and a rehearsal with the Nice Conservatory of Music[10]. On April 13, 2010, the Orchestra announced that it would also be the only non-professional Orchestra performing at the Auditorium Rainier III in Monte Carlo, with the proceeds from that concert benefitting the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
Bomb threats
On November 8, 2006, two bomb threats were directed at both Council Rock High School South and Council Rock High School North. Seven teams of bomb dogs went in to both high schools the next day. There were three more bomb threats directed at Council Rock South the morning the school opened after the initial threat to both schools.[11] The school received another bomb threat on January 23, 2007. The threat was written on a bathroom wall.[12] No bombs were found in the school during any of the incidents. Another threat was received in early 2010, but the threat was determined not credible, and the student responsible has since been expelled.
References
- ^ Beideman, Don. "Council Rock South wins Class AA Flyers Cup". Philly.com. The Inquirer. http://articles.philly.com/2011-03-21/news/29171587_1_joe-houk-council-rock-south-1-penguins-cup. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "2009 American Masters Results" (PDF). http://ac.varsity.com/docs/AMResults.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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- ^ Patrick, Kellie (2006-11-14). "Boy, 16, arrested in bomb threats". The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/16005377.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-02.[dead link]
- ^ Cook, Breanne (2007-01-23). "Bomb threat forces closure of Council Rock South". Newtown Advance. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1686&dept_id=41297&newsid=17741059&PAG=461&rfi=9. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
External links
- Council Rock High School South – Official site
- Council Rock School District – Official site
- Council Rock South Orchestra 2011 Tour of France and Monaco - Official Site
Coordinates: 40°12′47″N 74°58′34″W / 40.213°N 74.976°W
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